It's a sad fact of modern life that if you drive long enough, sooner or later you must leave London behind.

It's a sad fact of modern life that if you drive long enough, sooner or later you must leave London behind.

Questions would be asked. Answers would be ignored.

You put a spell on the dog," I said as we left the house. "Just a small one," said Nightingale. "So magic is real," I said. "Which makes you a...what?" "A wizard." "Like Harry Potter?" Nightingale sighed. "No," he said. "Not like Harry Potter." "In what way?" "I'm not a fictional character," said Nightingale.

It's a police mantra that all members of the public are guilty of something, but some members of the public are more guilty than others.

The study of the victim is called victimology because everything sounds better with and ology tacked on the end.

The Metropolitan Police Service is still, despite what people think, a working-class organisation and as such rejects totally the notion of an officer class. That is why every newly minted constable, regardless of their educational background, has to spend a two-year probationary period as an ordinary plod on the streets. This is because nothing builds character like being abused, spat at and vomited by members of the public.